SEC REGISTERS HIGH ELECTRICITY LOADS & NWC RECORDS HIGHEST QUANTITY OF WATER RECEIVED

Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) reported today its highest electric load, amounting to 277 MW, an increase of 8% compared to last year, produced in Mina, where more than two million pilgrims assemble to prepare for ascending to Arafat mount, the peak of Hajj.

- The General Supervisor of the operational plan at the western sector of SEC, Eng. Abdulsalam bin Rashid Al-Omari said that the operational plan for SEC in the Hajj is going according to plan without any obstacles, noting that the company seeks to provide a high level of reliability and efficiency with the highest standards of electrical safety in all sites for the sake of pilgrims' comfort.

- The National Water Company has confirmed that operational conditions in Makkah and the holy sites during the past 24 hours are stable and the quantities of water received from desalination plants from Makkah and Holy sites reservoirs amount to about 912,000 square meters for Million Tank and Tanks of Muaisem and Arafat.

- The company revealed that for the first time these quantities are received in comparison to previous years, bringing the total quantities of strategic inventory and actual operation in Makkah and the holy sites so far to 2,700,000 cubic meters.